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[Chorus] [x2]
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless Skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me

[Verse 1]
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
As I was walking - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passing
But on the other side. It didn't say nothing!
Now that side was made for you and me!

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumbling and some are wondering
If this land's still made for you and me

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